Resume

Alexander P. Irvine 

38 Adams St

Asheville, NC 28801

alexirvine@verizon.net

alexirvineceramics.com

301.655.9566

Education

2004-2008 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, B.F.A. in Crafts: Ceramics

2007 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts “Ceramic Sculpture-Concept and Technique,”
workshop with Richard Notkin

Teaching Experience

2013 Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, "Plaster Mold-making," Spring Classes Session

Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Surface Forum

Claxton Elementary School, TAPAS residency (Teaching Artist Presenting in Asheville
Schools), tile-making workshops K- 5

Randolph Learning Center, Afterschool class for 6th-8th graders making and glazing tiles

2012 Hall Fletcher Elementary School, 15 day residency making tiles with 4th graders for mural

Asheville Creative Design Lab, tile workshop with middle school and University of North

Carolina Asheville students

Roots and Wings School of the Art, mosaic workshop with 3 – 5 year-olds

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Sculpting the Head in Clay,” 3-day workshop

2011 Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Plaster Mold Making,” Winter Classes Session

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Making Faces,” 3-day summer workshop

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Making Faces,” Winter Classes Session

2010 Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Plaster Mold-making,” Fall Classes Session

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Figure Modeling,” Fall Classes Session

Asheville Buncombe County Christian Ministries (ABCCM) Veterans Restoration Quarters

` “Pottery and Sculpture Class,” volunteering weekly to work with homeless veterans

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Making Faces,” Winter Classes Session

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Making Faces,” Late Summer Classes Session

Teaching Assistant Experience

2012 Penland School of Crafts, “Low-relief tile production” with MaPo Kinnord-Payton

Penland School of Crafts, “Assembling the Figure in Clay,” with Tom Bartel

Travel-Arte, Puerto Rico, “Surface and Form,” assisted workshop with Sergei Isupov

2010 Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Narrative Ceramics,” with James Tisdale

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Figure: Form + Content,” with Christina Cordova

2009 Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, “Figurative Sculpture,” with Kyu Yamamoto

Residencies

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC, October 2008 – October 2010

Grants

2012 NC Arts Council Grant for Hall Fletcher Elementary School mural, collaboration with
Ian Wilkinson

“Veterans Returning Medals—An American History Project,” $2500 raised from
private donations through Kickstarter.com

2011 Transformus Creativity Grant, for sculptural kiln fired during festival, collaboration
with Joey Sheehan and Rachel Wilder

Awards

2008 President's Award (received during graduation ceremony)

Zeiden Family Foundation Award in Ceramics

2007 William Daley Studio Achievement in Crafts Award

Baugh-Barber Trust Fund Scholarship

Windgate Charitable Foundation Scholarship

Commissions

2013 "Donor Recognition Wall," dimensional tile installation at Mission Hospital
Visitor Center

Mural at Hall Fletcher Elementary School in West Asheville, collaboration
with Ian Wilkinson

2011 “Odyssey” mural at Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, collaboration
with Kathy Triplett

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Throw Me A Bone, Push Gallery, Asheville, NC

2011 Contemporary Face Jugs, Artspace Upstairs, Trion, NC

2010 Ugly-Jugs, window installation during NCECA conference, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group Exhibitions

2013 In the Mix: Contemporary Practices in Ceramics, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC

2011 Emerging Clay, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

2010 New to Asheville, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

Dearly Departed, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC

Art Unleashed, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

River Arts District Members Show, Arts Council of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC

2009 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

Resident Clay, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC

2008 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

New Faces, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA (American Gangsta teapot censored)

Inanimate Objectives, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2007 Misterios, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Misterios, Philadelphia Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA

RED, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

Publications

"State of the Arts: Throw Some Bones and Then Take Some Home," Mountain Xpress,
July 3 - 9, 2013, p. 52-53

"Skateboarders Unite for New Ramp," Asheville Scene, June 30, 2013, p. 30

"Big Time Art," Asheville Citizen Times, June 5th, 2013, A1

"Making a Mark," Asheville Citizen Times, June 2nd, 2013, A1

"Mural Takes Shape," Asheville Citizen Times, April 29, 2013, B1

“Asheville artists plan mural for Hall Fletcher Elementary,” Mountain Xpress, June 17, 2012

“Street Art Gets Smart,” Mountain Xpress, Feb. 29 – Mar. 6, 2012, p. 48

“New Mural in River Arts District Unveiled,” Asheville Citizen Times online, November 11, 2011

“Grovewood Gallery: Exhibit by Artists New to Asheville” The Laurel of Asheville,

November 2010, p. 26

“Art News and Events,” Asheville Citizen-Times, October 31, 2010, D2

“2010 Fall Session Classes,” Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, cover image

“2010 Winter Session Classes,” Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, cover image

“Scene Through the Lens,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2008, B2

“Veteran Returning Bronze Star,” Veterans For Peace Newsletter, March 2008, p. 13
“A Moment Captured,” The New Hampshire Gazette, March 7, 2008, pp. 3 & 4

Collections

Imaginative Representations of the Vietnam War, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angelos, CA

Employment

2008 – present, Self-employed artist

Currently working at the Clayspace-Coop in Asheville, NC making figurative ceramic

sculpture and tile.

2011 – 2012, Cristina Cordova

Studio assistant

2010, Asheville Tileworks

Bas-relief artist and mold-making private contractor

2010, Michael Sherrill

Studio assistant

2008-2009, Bayne Maker Pottery

Studio Assistant: Throwing jugs, mugs, bowls, etc., hand-building figurines, bas-relief sculpting, portrait modeling, loading, unloading kilns

2007-2008, Ward Elicker Casting

Production chasing and spruing wax to be cast in bronze

2006-2007, Roselli Pottery

Mixing slip, pouring, pinning, trimming Roselli and Star kiln stilts, extruding, pressing and trimming Double Point kiln stilts

2006-2007, The Ceramics Shop

Making Hydrobats: Mixing plaster, pouring it into rubber molds, trimming casts

Delivery Boy: Operating fork-lift, delivering ceramic supplies to local schools, home studios, and art centers, repairing/diagnosing electric kilns

2004-2006, University of the Arts, Ceramics Department

Work-Study Assistant: Helping shop tech. maintain facilities: Weighing and packaging dry materials, mixing clay, slip, and glazes, loading and firing kilns, maintaining equipment, recycling clay